Economic and trade cooperation has remained the main pillar of Vietnam-RoK relations. Two-way trade reached 89.5 billion USD in 2025, up 9.6% from 2024, and 26.9 billion USD in the first three months of 2026, an increase of 30% year-on-year.
PSNews - Vietnam, as a comprehensive strategic partner with the Republic of Korea, has kept a close watch on the current developments in the country and believes that it will soon stabilise the situation and continue to achieve robust development in the coming time.
Major media outlets of the Republic of Korea (RoK) continued to highlight the results of the recent visit to the Northeast Asian country by Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the invitation of his Korean counterpart Han Duck-soo.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a working lunch with the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s experts and scientists in semiconductor and artificial intelligence (AI) in Seoul on July 1, during which he expressed his hope that they will share their experience and know-how to help the two industries of Vietnam develop fast and sustainably.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong welcomed President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Yoon Suk Yeol, his spouse and entourage to Vietnam following the upgrade of bilateral relationship to comprehensive strategic partnership in late 2022, during a reception in Hanoi on June 23.
PSNews - The 5th Vietnam Deputy Ministerial Police Cooperation Conference took place on June 5, in Hanoi, with the particpation of a high-ranking delegation of the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam and a high-ranking delegation of the Korean National Police Agency.
PSNews - The Vietnam – Republic of Korea (RoK) culture exchange festival was held in the central city of Da Nang on May 12, attracting thousands of visitors.
PSNews - General To Lam, Minister of Public Security (MPS), received Mr. Kim Chang Yong, Commander of the National Police Agency (NPA) of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on the Morning of November 3rd in Hanoi who leads a RoK police delegation to attend the 3rd Deputy-Ministerial level Conference on Police Cooperation.
The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) in collaboration with Charmvit Group (Republic of Korea - RoK) on December 11 held a ceremony in Hanoi to award Charmvit scholarships to children of wounded officers and martyrs of the Vietnamese People's Public Security and poor students with excellent achievements in study.
PSNews – The Vietnam – Republic of Korea (RoK) Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition themed “Different yet similar, similar yet different” is one of the activities to celebrate the success of the ASEAN-RoK Commemorative Summit.
Vietnamese Minister of Science and Technology Chu Ngoc Anh and Minister of Science and ICT of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Choi Kiyoung on November 27 signed an agreement to co-finance research projects from 2019 – 2020.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse will attend the ASEAN-Republic of Korea (RoK) Commemorative Summit and the first Mekong-RoK Summit, and pay an official visit to the RoK from November 24-28.
PSNews – Under the policy on promoting Vietnamese culture and tourism in the Northeast Asia market in 2019 of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, a group of famous Vietnamese artists, including those from the Vietnam National Academy of Music and the Viet Bac Folk Song and Dance Theatre, has a performance tour in Republic of Korea (RoK) from October 2-13.
PSNews – The destroyer Moon Mu The Great and the support ship Roks Hwacheon of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Navy with their 630 crew members on September 7 docked at Tien Sa Port, beginning their visit to Da Nang City.
Artists from Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) will join a dance show named “Colour of Dances” at the Saigon Opera House in Ho Chi Minh City on March 13.
The media in the Republic of Korea (RoK) has highlighted the visit of Vietnamese National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan with various articles featuring the relationship between the two countries and their future prospects.
National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan applauded the contributions by Honorary Consul General of Vietnam in Busan-Gyeongnam region Park Soo-kwan to developing the Vietnam-Republic of Korea (RoK) ties while meeting him on December 4 as part of her official visit to the East Asian nation.